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October Witch Chick

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Transgender veteran, parent and spouse. History and geology degrees. Warhammer 40K, Revolutionary War, Celtic harp, medieval weapons. Oh, and ballet.

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October Witch Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · Nov 11

"If we lived in a state where virtue was profitable, common sense would make us saintly.
But since we see that avarice, anger, pride and stupidity commonly profit far beyond charity, modesty, justice and thought, perhaps we must stand fast a little, even at the risk of being heroes."

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Andy Craig @andycraig.bsky.social · 2h

He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.

jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 3h

this white house actively treats a large swath of americans as disloyal and outside the political community and it doesn’t merit so much as a peep from the political press

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 10h

Leavitt: "The Democrat Party's main constituency is made up of Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals."

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Sean T. Collins @seantcollins.com · 3h

Vance defended it all; Republicans In Disarray

The New York Times @nytimes.com · 3h

After racist texts among members of the New York State Young Republicans were made public, the party’s state leaders were slated to meet Friday and vote to disband the group, people familiar with the matter said.

After Racist Texts, New York G.O.P. Is Set to Disband Young Republicans

State party leaders are expected to eliminate the charter of the Young Republicans group, allowing them to reconstitute the organization with new leaders.

nyti.ms

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October Witch Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 4h

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 12h

I was married but I’m not married any more. Women don’t like the vehicle.

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 8h

lol.

LMAO, even.

Case 1:25-cr-00244-SLS
Document 69 Filed 10/16/25 Page 1 of 2
CO 109A - Rev. 3/2010
UNITED STATES DISTRICT AND BANKRUPTCY COURTS
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
VS.
Civil/Criminal No.:
25CR244-SLS
SYDNEY LORI REID
NOTE FROM JURY
Judge,
We have reached a verdiet.
Date: 10-16-2025
Time: Q1: 35 pm

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
:
:
:
Case No. 25-CR-244 (SLS)
....
VERDICT FORM
As to the charge of Assaulting, Resisting, or Impeding Certain Officers, we, the jury in the
above-captioned case, unanimously find the defendant, Sydney Reid:
X
_Not Guilty

Guilty
Foreperson Signature
10-16-2025
Date

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 8h

This was this case, for background.

NYT: www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/u...

July 23 statement from HSI regarding the July 22 incident: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Prosecutors Fail 3 Times to Charge Woman With Felony Assault of F.B.I.
Agent in D.C.
It is highly unusual for prosecutors to fail even once to obtain an indictment from a grand jury given the way the process is stacked in favor of the government.

By Alan Feuer and Minho Kim
Aug. 25, 2025
Federal prosecutors on Monday reduced the charges against a woman accused last month of assaulting an F.B.I. agent during a protest against immigration officials in Washington, refiling her case as a misdemeanor after they were unable to persuade three grand juries over a month to indict her with a felony.
It is highly unusual for prosecutors to fail even once — let alone three times - to obtain an indictment from a grand jury given the way the process is stacked in favor of the government. And the move by the prosecutors in the U.S. attorney's office in Washington to recast the proceeding against the woman, Sidney Lori Reid, as a low-level misdemeanor case suggested that they had overcharged it from the beginning.

Case 1:25-cr-00244-SLS
Document 1-1
Filed 07/23/25 Page 2 of 2
Figure 2: Injuries to FBI Agent Bates's hand
7. As such, Your Affiant submits that there is probable cause to find that, on July 22, 2025, in the District of Columbia, SYDNEY REID did forcibly assault, resist, oppose, impede, intimidate, and interfere with a person designated in 18 U.S.C. § 1114, to wit: FBI Agent Eugenia Bates who was engaged in official duties and SYDNEY REID intentionally and forcibly obstructed the transfer of suspects into FBI custody and made physical contact with FBI Agent Eugenia Bates and inflicted bodily injury in violation of 18 USC
111(a)(1).

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October Witch Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 5h

Bye!

October Witch Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 5h

Jfc really? I don't care enough about anything he said to take more than a moment to mock his projection issue.

lmao. Seriously IRL laughing at you now.

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October Witch Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 5h

We shouldn't be ending the shutdown. We have an obligation to the Republic to not help fund fascism. I'm not sure I can be clearer than that.

October Witch Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 6h

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October Witch Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 7h

Wasn't he already NTB on the felony charges by the grand jury?

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October Witch Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 7h

You're beginning to bore me. Goodbye.

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October Witch Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 7h

The "politically sterile dorks" was the tell. That's the OP projecting his weakness onto his liberal opponents that I was mildly mocking. I honestly didn't think it deserved any additional time and thought beyond a minor school yard "I know you are .."

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 10h

Pritzker: Illinois is not a place you can conquer and our people are not your subjects

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October Witch Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 7h

I will be

October Witch Chick @celticdragon1.bsky.social · 7h

You can often tell when someone is projecting by the choice of insults to the situation.

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 1d

The medieval hammer beam ‘angel’ roof of St. Mary’s Church at Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk. 📸 My own. #Woodensday #StMarysChurch #BuryStEdmund

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 10h

man, they really don’t have any plan at all for the farmers, huh

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12h

VARNEY: Some Iowa farmers are frustrated because Trump is putting $20b into Argentina to bail them out. They're worried that the administration is focused on foreign financial aid at the expense of American farmers.

BROOKE ROLLINS: The president's focus remains 100% on America first